REPORT TO PLANNING COMMISSION
SUBJECT
Title
Proposed Project: Moffett Park Specific Plan Update
PUBLIC COMMENTS ON THE DRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (DEIR) for the Moffett Park Specific Plan Update.
Comment Period: December 19, 2022 through February 10, 2023
Location: Moffett Park Specific Plan Area (APNs: Various)
File #: 2018-7715
Zoning: Moffett Park (MP) - Various
Applicant: City of Sunnyvale
Environmental Review: An Environmental Impact Report has been prepared in compliance with California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) provisions and City CEQA Guidelines.
Project Planner: Michelle King, 408-730-7463, mking@sunnyvale.ca.gov
Report
SUMMARY OF PROJECT LOCATION AND DESCRIPTION
The Moffett Park Specific Plan Area is approximately 1,270 acres (hereinafter referred to as "Moffett Park") and is located in the northernmost portion of the City. Moffett Park is generally bounded by State Route (SR) 237 to the south, Moffett Federal Airfield and a golf course to the west; Twin Creeks Sports Complex, and Baylands Park to the east. Although not in the Moffett Park Plan area, but within the City boundary, the former/closed Sunnyvale landfill, Sunnyvale Materials Recovery and Transfer (SMaRT) Station(r), Donald M. Somers Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP), WPCP salt ponds for wastewater treatment (an open-water pond), and the San Francisco Bay are located to the north of Caribbean Drive and the Moffett Park Area.
The proposed project is a comprehensive, City-initiated update of the existing Specific Plan. The proposed Specific Plan update provides a vision, guiding principles, development standards, and design guidelines for future development within Moffett Park. The Specific Plan would allow for: the addition of residential uses with greater building heights than allowed in the existing Specific Plan; and, an increase in the allowable square footage and heights for office/industrial/R&D, commercial, and institutional uses within Moffe...
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